Stand for plates and the like



Apiril 1 18, 19330 A. GERHOLD 1,904,725

STAND FOR PLATES AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 17, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Gavan/or.-

April 1933 A. IGERHOLD 1,904,725-

STAND FOR PLATES AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. .17, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet v 2 2 I (7nven/or:

Patented Apr. 18, 1933,

UNITED STATES ALFRED GERHOLD, F LONDOlN' ENG-LAND S'IAhTD non PLATES ,Annrim LIKE Application filed September 17, 1930, Serial No.

This invention relates to stands for plates. and the like and has for its object to provlde an improved, simple and efiective construction of stand whereby a large number of plates, trays or the like with food or artlcles thereon may be held for the purposes of dis a play or storage in a comparatively small space.

The invention is especially appllcablefor use in restaurants or the like for holding plates ready to serve to customers, and also in connection with shops, such as jewellers or the like, for holding trays of articles for display purposes. 7 p

According to the invention, the improved stand comprises a vertical support fitted with a plurality of springclips arranged at su1t-. able levels, such clips being adapted to engage over the rim or marginal portion of the plates or the like inserted into the clips to hold the same fixedly substantially at right angles to the support, and being adapted to be fixed to the support so that they are posi-. tively held from rotation about their horizontal axes. The vertical support may comprise a pillar of square or other suitable-shape in cross-section having the clips arranged in any desired manner on any or all sides thereof. Alternatively, the support may be in the form of a strip orlike member adapted to be fixed to a wall or to an existing pillar or the like. The support may'consist of two or more sections adapted to be fixed one on top of the other to enable the height of the stand to be varied according to requirements, and such sections may, if desired, be rotatable with respect to one another. Conveniently, the clips comprise a strip of spring metal, preferably steel, bent upon itself to form a substantially U-shaped clip and, inorder to prevent the clip from rotating about the horizontal axis, it may be formed with an integral projection adapted to be driven into the support, if of wood, or to engage with a suitable recess therein, the clip being fixed by means of a single centrally arranged screw. In an alternative construction, the clip may be so formed that it may be fixed to the support by means of two screws for the purpose of preventing rotation thereof,

482,595, and in ereatfrntainbetbber,i7, 1929i while a, further modification theclip" may I 7 be formedf-inytwoparts adapted to beimmovably fixed to the support'and permitting the elip to beset'or adjusted-for use with plates or witharticles bf greater depth. The* ll' I portions of the clip which comeinto contact with 5 the plate or, the like maybe-covered with rubber sheathing or other suitable material. a The inventionis Way of example with reference to: the companying drawings, iII-WhiChzP- l' Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one construction of the stand on form-of invention, v r

Fig, 2 a section the stand,

Figs. 3'and 4 show th'e di s in aboutjna-tural size,

Fig: 5' shows 7 means for aflixing the ba'ron a table plate, Fig. 6 refers to the samemode ofiexecution as Fig; 5 with the difference-that two bars areafiixedon a table, and i l Fig. 7 shows a frame provided for holding the frame on the table plate.

The vertical pillar 1 (Fig.1) iscarried turnablein' a groundplate 2'. [As seenbyfFig. 2,.the lower part of the pillar 1;ifflfr0m wood, i

is bored out and isprovidedwith-a metallic r8051 bearing tube .3 rotatingjlooselyxon' a pin 4" fixed/on the groundplate 2y'for preventing a disconnection between the pillar l and thepin 4.- Theilatter'isprovidedwith a groove V 6 into which screw 5 is entered, by withdrawing the screw the pillarcanbe easilytaken ofl' the-pin 4. l

The connection of the spring clip i I I the pillar1 is obtained by meansof screws or rivets in such a wayithat the clips are prevented from turning. The clip '7 consists either in a single metal strip as shown in- Figs. 3 and .4 which may be ben't back upon itself andheld; by rivets 8 or which, may be made from two strips which maybe riveted together. p Y

An upper part of the clip has a spring limb 9 and a strengthening lower part l0. This part 10 is so formed that it is slanting'forwardly so that the rim of the plateis held i hereinafter v 00 i p 7 p M through the lower'partgof;

abarawith araipe andiwatd' with 7 clips 1' 'be'easily liionships. Fig-:7 showsa somewhat diflerent'mode of application in wconnection with the round r table; .-The bars 17 are here combined "to a w fr'an'ie with Vprolongated arms :15. Theclips- 7 arearrangedin such-a way that the personsmay sitias usually'one opposite the other; Such axframelniay-be easily,=a1so;1ised for" a if"; f 1 1,904,?25!

v 'against this part 10 by the pressing action of part 9 which is also somewhat directed downwardly. The lower part of the plate is separated by the spring arm 11 and the rim 5 of theplateisheld between the limbs-9" and 10.- The arm 11 is provided with a strengthnsib l2 Wh ChviS pressed-out of the sheet 7 By;..me nsofsnch Clipsp1ate trays v V 7 etc may be introduced easily into the clips 7 V v v i Y v and-j eannot' come out by shocksor the like. F i The clip 7 may be fixed s ho iin Figs;

' jand"'6 on a horizontal bar 13 At the side f of these bars 18 fixing means "14 are 'provided'-" i 'so that these-barswith the spring clipjrnay;

aflix e'df on a table plate, for instance" 1 square or other formed tables.

' y noffixingvmeans'l are 'usedthe bars13 1 r '5 with the spring clips 7 lay one on theother 7 in similarway-asin-fthegstand according to I 305-3- 1, A plate holder ooinprisingan arin to f i form pp t having its inner end bent up wardly and outwardly then rebent inwardly,

"upwardly? and downwardly "in contact with the rebent portion to form therewith a clamp; -7? -2.'- A ,plate holder comprising an armlto v forniasup'port,'thel innerflendofthe'arm be-J o ing bent upwardlyand outwardly: and a y clamp above and-on the outwardly bent porr tion ofthe innerend of the arm, said clamp 4 "'-bomprising upper and lower resilient olainping members to hold the edge portion of a plate supported on the arm i .3; A platefholder:comprising an a-rm to' form. a support having its inner end bent r 3upw'ardly and outwardly, then rebent inwardly, upwardly-and downwardly in contactwith the rebent portion toform there with aelarnps, the oiiterr end of the-arm"=and V i the-clip being in substantiallythe[sameplane j 7 110 support a plate in-a-leyel'position. Means for holding platesand the like f comprisinga clip having upper and lower 7 resilient clamping members serving" to en? gage and hold the edge portionof a plate, and a resilient arm integral with said .clip and l extending beneath and beyond the same to i 1 support the/bottom oftlieplateqi J testimony whereof aflix my signature;

I ALFR D; ERHOLD. 

